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Real british OG's know this song from Without a Clue

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What’s the name of the musical?

I've loved Valerie Masterson's singing ever since I heard her Mabel as a young boy.

I saw Derek Parkyn performing this at the Players Theatre. So delighted to see his hilarious performance again.

Woke up with this song in my head today lol 🤠

I have loved this reedition of this song for so long, over 40 years , but I have always wanted to know who actually recorded the song. I am not Irish (dont hold that against me )but Mr White had a great and wonderful voice. This is one of my top 20 records that I will take to my desert |island

Enola 😌

Anyone here from Enola Holmes 2?😂

Who came here after watching enola holmes 2?

I read (could be apocryphal) that after her investiture, the Queen went to the private room. Prince Philip looked at her and asked “Where DID you get that hat?” I hope it’s a true story.

This magical show was taken of the air by the BBC in 1983 when it had a ten year waiting list for audience places. Perhaps the in the interests of " diversity" the show once enjoyed by millions could be brought back.

Brilliant.

Then it was a sweet mystery; now, it's more of a sour mockery (the way that the media depicts it).

Look at the pleasure in many of the faces listening to Robert close up. Must've been wonderful to be there.

I Heard this Song in a movie that was a Sherlock Holmes parody. Michael Caine was in the cast.

Brill old skool .

I loved that. Why dont the bbc do it all again. With todaya stars and costumes and everything. For a new generation to laugh at. I was not even born when this one was done!

Breathtakingly beautiful, perfect, timeless. Wow! What an absolutely stunning rendition, tenderly narrated. I have watched this particular clip so many times. I remember when it was broadcast in the re-runs a few years ago and frankly I couldn't have been more transfixed if I had been harpooned. I have seen Zappa, Floyd, Peter Green, what can I say? I wish I had been in the audience to watch Robert White at this performance. The look on the audiences' faces says it all, talk about nail it down, forever, for me. This will always be my go-to. A side-effect of this is also an irresistible and slightly desperate desire to go to the Music Hall in Leeds. You don't notice your folk culture has been erased more efficiently than the Soviet Satellites manage it in a Milan Kundera novel until you are occasionally, inadvertently exposed to its' true power and glory and the beauty of your culture you had forgotten and the love and wisdom of the people who made it. Really revelatory.

Bravo!!!

Robert, I’ve heard recordings by nearly every tenor from Evan Williams and John McCormack to Josef Locke, Frank Patterson, and Joe Feeney of this nostalgic ballad. With the sole exception of Count John’s recordings of it, I have never heard it sung more sensitively, evocatively, or more beautifully than in your BBC “live” performance of it-particularly the arc of your high notes in the phrases, “And the trials of life nearly done” and “As spray by the white breakers flung.” As Gus Haenschen said of you, “As a tenor, Bobby is surely his father’s son.”

Nobody appreciates a great Irish tenor any more. My dad grew up in the 1920s, and he used to sing a lot of these wonderful old Irish songs. Your grandfather had a gorgeous voice. You must be very proud of his radio career. Thanks for posting this, it brings back memories of my dad.

I hope you are doing well! Have you heard of below website? Someone collected digital transfers from almost all recording by your grandfather and many more great artists of that era. archive.org/details/JosephM.WhiteakaTheSilverMaskedTenorCollection1925-1935

Two wonderful people Deryk Parkin and Graham Richards appear in this. Both sadly no longer with us. Sadly missed by many.

Two magnificent, perfectly matched performers. Lovely.

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So beautiful . Makes me cry

Absolutely beautiful , what a perfect blend of voices .

Flippin brilliant - using this as a cursor for my 12 year old son doing his LCM exam this week. I saw the Al Simmons one and it was dead boring. But this is so entertaining. I love it.

#hettyfeather

I thoroughly enjoyed that. In this comedy starved world, it felt like it lifted my soul a little.

Does anyone else remember the I'm sorry I didn't a clue rendition from Tim Brooke-Taylor to the tune of the Damn busters? Because that's the version we sing in our house.

Fabulous - two exquisite singers at the peak of their powers.

Pure Music Hall...or Vaudeville as we say in the states. That's it, right there.

He really knows how to sing the old fashioned songs. And the accompaniment is low key.

A great singer and musician. I took his music history class at Manhattan School of Music back when. Unforgettable, inspiring and purely magical. What he doesn't know about medieval and Renaissance music is not worth knowing. Robert, if you read this, thank you so much.

What is this clip from? I'd quite like to see the entire movie/show!

Sounds like Supercalifragilisticexpliadocious! To me.

Great tenor , son of a great tenor

Here are the lyrics for you all. Now how I came to get this hat, 'tis very strange and funny Grandfather died and left to me his property and money And when the will it was read out, they told me straight and flat If I would have his money, I must always wear his hat CHORUS "Where did you get that hat? Where did you get that tile? Isn't it a nobby one, and just the proper style? I should like to have one Just the same as that!" Where'er I go, they shout "Hello! Where did you get that hat?" If I go to the op'ra house, in the op'ra season There's someone sure to shout at me without the slightest reason If I go to a concert hall to have a jolly spree There's someone in the party who is sure to shout at me CHORUS At twenty-one I thought I would to my sweetheart get married The people in the neighbourhood had said too long we'd tarried So off to church we went right quick, determined to get wed I had not long been in there, when the parson to me said CHORUS I once tried hard to be M.P. but failed to get elected Upon a tub I stood, round which a thousand folks collected And I had dodged the eggs and bricks (which was no easy task) When one man cried, "A question I the candidate would ask!" CHORUS When Colonel South, the millionaire, gave his last garden party I was amongst the guests who had a welcome true and hearty The Prince of Wales was also there, and my heart jumped with glee When I was told the Prince would like to have a word with me CHORUS

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They should bring this back and get rid of some of the shite they put out now...

Valerie is adorable as always.

Robert White performing on "The Good Old Days".From December 1983,a tragic decision by the BBC to cancel such a wonderful show.

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Lovely as always!

Delightful song and beautifully sung, just love Robert White so pleased more editions of The Good Old Days have appeared on BBC4, and now here, as he appeared so often, his CD Bird Songs at Eventide too,is a joy, thank you for uploading this

utterly horrific

Catchy song!!